Establish business & Legal requirements.

Case Study 1:

Australian Court Punishes Golf Course for Negligent Release of Pesticide.

• Environment Protection Authority v Coggins
• Environment Protection Authority v Warringah Golf Club
• Environmental protection and your business

• Name the Act which governs Environment Protection in NSW.
• Which authority polices this Act?
• Discuss how the 'hierarchy of hazard control' (Pg 6) may have been included in a policy which could have prevented this event. ----
• Summary of the NSW Occupational Health and Safety Act 2000
• Managing safety risks
• Safety Snippets
• SafetyZone----

Case Study 2:

Work death fine a joke, says father.

• Name the Act which governs Occupational Health & Safety (OH&S) in NSW.
• Which authority polices this Act?

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Case Study 3:

• (NSW) Food Act 2003

In another section of the Small Business Course, you have used the case of a small coffee cafe/restaurant as a case scenario.
What are the implications of the Food Act for such an enterprise?
What are the functions of the food authority?
What are the powers ?

Search for an instance of a breach of the Food Act (2003)